The 1964 season

Super Typhoon Louise:Marge (1964)

Super Typhoon Louise:Marge reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between November 14, 1964 and November 26, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Louise:Marge, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1964 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 14, 1964 to November 26, 1964
Peak strength
Category 5, 165 kt (190 mph)
Lowest pressure
915 mb (27.02 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
28.4
Fastest the center moved
31 kt (36 mph)
Identifier
WP361964

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 14, 00:007.8N 141.0E1006 mbMixed
Nov 14, 06:008.1N 140.4E1004 mbMixed
Nov 14, 12:008.3N 139.8E1004 mbMixed
Nov 14, 18:008.2N 139.2E1004 mbMixed
Nov 15, 00:008.1N 138.6E1004 mbMixed
Nov 15, 06:006.6N 138.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:006.5N 137.5E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:006.5N 136.9E60 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:006.5N 136.2E70 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:006.5N 135.4E80 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:006.6N 134.8E90 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:006.7N 134.1E100 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:006.8N 133.4E115 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:007.1N 132.8E130 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:007.4N 132.1E135 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:007.8N 131.3E145 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:008.4N 130.3E155 kt935 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:008.6N 129.2E165 kt915 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:008.6N 128.1E165 kt915 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:009.0N 127.2E160 kt915 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:009.5N 126.2E140 kt920 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:009.8N 125.2E120 kt920 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0010.1N 124.4E100 kt930 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0010.6N 124.0E80 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0011.1N 123.8E60 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0012.0N 123.6E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0012.9N 123.3E20 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0014.2N 122.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0015.3N 122.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0015.6N 121.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0015.6N 120.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0015.3N 119.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0014.7N 118.7E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0014.3N 118.5E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0013.9N 118.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0013.6N 118.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0013.3N 118.6E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0012.9N 118.7E40 kt1002 mbXX
Nov 23, 12:0019.0N 117.0E40 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 23, 18:0018.8N 116.5E30 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 24, 00:0018.6N 115.8E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 24, 06:0012.4N 119.2E1004 mbMixed
Nov 24, 12:0012.2N 119.2E1004 mbMixed
Nov 24, 18:0012.1N 119.1E1004 mbMixed
Nov 25, 00:0012.0N 119.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0012.0N 119.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0012.0N 119.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0012.0N 119.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0012.0N 119.0E1004 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1964

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.